Research Areas

• The use of Diffusion-MRI to predict treatment response in Multiple Sclerosis (Lead: Jannis Müller)

• Plexus choroideus volume to differentiate MS from migraine (Lead: Jannis Müller)

• The effect of a major MRI scanner upgrade on cross-sectional and longitudinal measures of brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis (Lead: Jannis Müller)

• Deep machine learning to harmonize the contrast across different MRI systems in a longitudinal and multi-center multiple sclerosis cohort study (Lead: Özgür Yaldizli)

• Automatic Lateral Ventricle delineation (ALVIN) to investigate the association between new or enlarging T2-weighted lesions adjacent to the ventricle wall, deep grey matter atrophy and lateral ventricular enlargement in multiple sclerosis (Lead: Tim Sinnecker)

• Value of serum neurofilament light chain levels as a biomarker of suboptimal treatment response in MS clinical practice (Lead: Özgür Yaldizli)

• Brain MRI T1 weighted gray matter/ normal appearing white matter contrast to differentiate multiple sclerosis from migraine (Lead: Tim Sinnecker)